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Kathleen Stock: The debate about sex, gender and equality

1/17/2022

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Stephen Sackur speaks to philosopher and author Kathleen Stock whose views on the immutability of biological sex and the limitations of gender self-identity have made her a hate figure for some transgender activists and supporters. Why has debate about sex, gender and identity become a culture war battleground?

(Photo: Kathleen Stock in the Hardtalk studio)

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